Frankenstein mini-ITX build using new and old parts

Kitsep · January 16, 2021

Budget (including currency): $500

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly video streaming, but occasional light gaming with 7 Days 2 Die, Ark, Dark Souls 3 and some other older titles

Other details:

Honestly, I already have most of the parts for this build, I'm posting here mostly because I am unsure if I should go through with it, or save certain parts for different builds. Here is what I've got lined up:

(YES I know some of it is old, read the rest of the post please!)

Thermaltake Core V1 Snow Edition
H67 ITX motherboard
i7 3770
16Gb DDR3 1333 Team Group Elite+ black and gold
knock-off A500 tower cooler with non-controllable RGB
HD 7790
1Tb Mushkin SSD
Corsair VS600 PSU
generic purple LED 80mm fans (to populate the rear fan spots)

So, half of these parts are coming from an old computer that I'm replacing/upgrading with a lot of newer parts. I didn't want to just put the old parts in storage or part them out because I felt I could put them to better use. The graphics card market is absolutely bonkers right now, otherwise I'd be putting a better GPU in the machine, but hey, you work with what you've got, right? I guess what I'm saying is this: Should I continue with this plan for a media PC that does light gaming, or should I shell out for (something similar to) an old RX 580 to make this capable of actually playing modern games? I've got about $330 in the computer right now, and I feel like I can justify the current build because I can probably turn around and sell it for an easy $350 to get my money back. However, because EVERY graphics card has skyrocketed in price, I feel that if I were to drop $150 on a better GPU, I'd probably lose the ability to make my money back.

Thoughts? Suggestions? I'm absolutely open to ideas!